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35) Looking for Job

Job 6:

Reconsider, please – do not misjudge me -

Yes, reconsider, for my righteousness is yet intact,

- It is quite easy to misjudge, probably mainly because of appearances or because of bad experiences or lack of experiences!

-The first word of this verse is essentially “Reconsider”!

 

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- We may have or take the wrong approach or influence but it is better to recognize it and change it if or when necessary!

- Think about how you would react to the same situation at different ages of your life or even during the same day at different times of the day!

- Just thinking about reconsidering may change everything and sometimes your whole life!

- There are always different options!

- Of course, sometimes we need to hurry but even so!

 

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Job 6:

Is my tongue speaking unjustly?

Does my palate not discern that something

is wrong?

- Job is in total distress!

- He knows it perfectly!

- No need to tell him!

- For these guys, it seems impossible to help!

- How easy it is to make a situation worse!

- Sometimes it is better no to say a word, sometimes it is better to act!

- But these guys, they have it all wrong and each time they make it worse!

- It helps to understand why God uses special hard training for his faithful ones!

 

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Job 7:

“Is not the life of mortal man on earth like

compulsory labor,

And aren't his days like those of a hired worker?”

- compulsory labor, hired worker: it sounds like slavery, displeasure, unhappiness!

- Of course, Job is down the pit and thus he speaks about his condition!

- He employs precise words to express or convey his precise condition and real feelings!

- How is it possible to be insensitive?

- Well, the three individuals are and not only them!

 

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Job7:

Like a slave, he longs for the shadow,

And like a hired worker, he waits for his

Wages.

- Here we are: “like a slave”!

- Yes, a negative vision is connected to a negative state of mind!

- In this case, your world is closed and it is really hard to get in!

- Definitely not by discouraging the person but by encouraging him or her!

 

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39) Looking for Job

Job7:

Like a slave, he longs for the shadow,

And like a hired worker, he waits for his

Wages.

- Here we are: “like a slave”!

- Yes, a negative vision is connected to a negative state of mind!

- In this case, your world is closed and it is really hard to get in!

- Definitely not by discouraging the person but by encouraging him or her!

 

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Job 7:

Thus I have been assigned months of futility

And nights of misery have been counted out for me.


- There is often one element we don’t take into account and which is essential: TIME!

- In fact, the book of Job doesn’t enhance the period of time Job had to suffer!

- Pain and suffering are difficult to bear but when it lasts and lasts and lasts!

- Here Job speaks about “months of futility”!

- Of course, he would have been more useful for him and for people if he could live a normal life during this time!

- Of course, he was trained through hardship!

- So everything is relative: one situation in exchange for another one with positive and negative effects!

 

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Job 7:

When I lie down I ask, “When will I get up?

But as the night drags on, I toss restlessly

until the dawning of the day.

- Job can’t sleep well as he “tosses restlessly”

- He has lost everything!

- He is left alone!

- There are three individuals fighting against him!

- He is ill!

- The situation deteriorates months after months!

- As if it was not enough, he can’t sleep at night: can it be worse?

- Job wants to die but he is not going to kill himself!

- On the contrary, he finds the energy to fight back the three individuals!

 

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Job 7

My flesh is covered with maggots and clods of

dirt;

My skin is full of scabs and pus.

My days go by more quickly than a weaver’s

shuttle,

And they come to an end without hope.

- Can you believe that: there is no future for Job, he has no hope, everything is dark!

- How is it possible that he finds the energy to fight back and with such an energy?

- Unbelievable!

 

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Job 7

Remember that my life is wind,

That my eye will never again see

happiness

The eye that sees me now will see me no more;

Your eyes will look for me, but I will be

gone.

- Think that Job was used to helping people and now he is only trying to survive!

- He doesn’t have any hope, he is waiting for death!

- When you listen to his words, you see the negative action of the three individuals!

 

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Job 7

Like a cloud that fades and vanishes,

The one who goes down to the Grave does

not come back up.

He will not return again to his house,

And his place will acknowledge him no

more.

Therefore, I will not restrain my mouth.

I will speak in the anguish of my spirit;

I will complain in my bitter distress!

- Job is waiting for death!

- he has no hope!

- He has nothing to lose!

- The only thing left for him is to speak and defend himself!

- Job is equal to himself, he will fight till the end!

- He wants to wash his honor!

 

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Job 7

Am I the sea or a sea monster,

That you should set a guard over me?

When I say, ‘My couch will comfort me;

My bed will help ease my misery,’

Then you terrify me with dreams

And frighten me with visions,

So that I would choose suffocation,

Yes, death rather than this body of mine.

- The devil never gives up!

- He has sent the three individuals!

- He sends visions to one of the individuals against Job to terrify him at night and it works!

- The devil wants Job to commit suicide!

- He pushes him to his limits!

 

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Job 7:

I loathe my life; I do not want to go on living.

Leave me alone, for my days are like a breath.

- Job has enough, he doesn’t want more!

- He wants the three individuals to leave him alone but they keep working against him!

- The devil keeps using them to strike him till the end!

 

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Job 7:

What is mortal man that you should concern

yourself with him

And fix your attention on him?

Why do you inspect him every morning

And test him every moment?

Will you not look away from me

And leave me alone long enough to swallow

my saliva?

If I have sinned, how could I harm you, the Observer of mankind?

- That’s the first time that Job speaks about God!

- He knows that what has happened to him is abnormal!

- He sees a strategy against him!

- Everything is made to destroy him!

- He doesn’t know it is the devil so he thinks it’s God!

- That’s why he can’t understand!

- Moreover we don’t know how the relationship between God and Job works, we only know it is a very strong link!

- We can imagine that something is wrong as if it was cut, as if the link was cut!

- Imagine the relationship between God and Adam, they used to speak directly, how would Adam react if it disappears?

- Imagine all the faithful ones connected with God through visions or dreams and then nothing!

- How would they react?

 

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Job 7:

Why have you made me your target?

Have I become a burden to you?

Why do you not pardon my transgression

And excuse my error?

For soon I will lie down in the dust,

And you will look for me, but I will be gone.”

- Job can’t imagine that the devil is after him!

- He doesn’t know what is going on!

- He can only think that God is punishing him!

- And he doesn’t know why!

- It is completely crazy and the devil knows it!

 

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Job 7:

“For a fact I know that this is so.

But how can mortal man be in the right in a case with God?

- Job recognizes that we are nothing compared to God, that we know nothing!

- Sometimes when we have to cope with difficult situations, it is difficult to understand what’s going on!

- Maybe if we had more information about the relationship between God and Job, it would be easier to understand why he says what he says!

- As there is a missing link, we can rely on God saying about Job that there is no one like him on earth!

- If it is not a valuable testimony, what do we need!

- It is like a lamp illuminating darkness and opening our minds to the Book of Job!

 

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Job 9:

If someone wishes to argue with Him,

That one could not answer one of His

questions in a thousand.

- Simple but balanced!

- And Job knows God personally!

- The creature in front of his creator!

- And a really good one in the case of Job!

 

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Job 9:

He is wise in heart and mighty in power.

Who can resist him and come off

uninjured?


- What a balance “wise in heart and mighty in power”!


- What a balance “wise and mighty”


- Are there better words to qualify God?


- And Job knows God personally!


- These words are a testimony!


- Also about his faithfulness!


- What powerful words!

 

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Job 9:

He moves mountains without anyone knowing it;

He overturns them in his anger.


- Do we often think of God’s power?


- Like Job, we just have to think of forces of nature such as : EARTHQUAKES, VOLCANOES, TORNADOES, HURRICANES


- We can’t control them


- They were made by God

 

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Job 9:

He shakes the earth out of its place,

So that its pillars tremble.


- All the forces of nature made by God are powerful!


- Many people die every year because of them!


- And as the human population keeps growing, the death toll increases too!


- Because of human activities we may increase their consequences!


- But man always thinks of the present and not of the future!